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Memorandum
To: Katie Wright, Planner II
From: TJ Frans, Project Manager
Steven Pendleton, Plans Examiner II
Re: ANN24-000002, PUD24-000001, SUB24-000006 (Emery Sky Subdivision)
Date: July 3, 2024
The Engineering Department provides the following comments on a request by Trilogy
Development, on behalf of Endurance Holdings LLC, is requesting annexation of parcel
R3273101000 with a zoning of R-2, Medium Density Residential, and preliminary plat
and planned unit development approvals for Emery Sky Subdivision Planned Unit
Development, a mixed-use project with both single family detached and attached units,
seven duplex lots, two multi-family lots, and one commercial lot. The approximately 38
acre site is located on the northwest corner of Lake Ave. and Moss St. approximately
0.4 miles south of Homedale Rd., in Caldwell, Idaho.
Development Plans
1. Development Plans – Prior to commencing construction, plans must be prepared by the
developer’s engineer and approved by the City Engineering Department which shall include the
following items:
a. Street section and alignment (including curb and gutter);
b. Sidewalk (sidewalk width based on street classification);
c. Sanitary sewer (per City and DEQ requirements);
d. Potable water (per City and DEQ requirements);
e. Stormwater facilities (per City requirements/storm water manual);
f. Street lighting (per City standards);
g. Street signage (per City and MUTCD requirements);
h. Vertical Datum based on NAVD 88 Datum.
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General
1. Easements for Public Utilities shall be 10 feet wide minimum along all front lot lines. A
minimum10 feet wide easement (or larger if deemed necessary by the City Engineer in order to
facilitate future maintenance operations of utilities) may be required along select interior lot
lines to facilitate pressure irrigation or other utilities.
2. Appropriate easements for emergency access, transmission lines and/or other utilities shall be
clearly indicated, with recorded instrument numbers provided for said easements, on the face
of the final plat (visually and in writing). Existing easements shall be shown on all construction
drawings.
3. All utilities on and within the boundaries of the subdivision shall be located and/or relocated
underground.
4. All street, sewer, water, fire protection, and street light facilities must be dedicated to the City.
Some conveyance facilities for stormwater drainage may be eligible for dedication to the City.
5. Construction of facilities to be dedicated and/or within public right-of-way shall be performed by
an appropriately licensed public works contractor and shall be inspected by and constructed to
City of Caldwell specifications.
6. Prior to commencement of construction in any dedicated right-of-way, or construction of any
improvement intended for dedication to the City or connected to a City facility, the City
Engineering staff is to be notified. This preferably will take place in a pre-construction
conference scheduled by the engineer of record in which all appropriate personnel and utilities
are present. Appropriate City personnel are to be notified in advance of all testing (including
compaction, pressure and coliform, etc.) and given opportunity to be present during conduct of
the testing. The engineer of record or his designated representative is to witness all tests (not
covered by City inspectors) and a log of inspection visits and testing results is to be kept by the
engineer of record or his representative.
7. The developer is to employ a responsible design professional, preferably the engineer of
record, to oversee and inspect construction, to perform and/or observe all requisite testing of
completed facilities, and to certify that improvements have been constructed according to
approved plans and in compliance with applicable City, State, and Federal standards.
8. The engineer of record shall be held responsible to ensure that subdivision improvements are
in substantial compliance with said engineer’s design. Following the construction of the
subdivision improvements, the developers engineer shall provide the City of Caldwell
Engineering Department with electronic (.dwg) format record drawings spatially referenced to
the Idaho State Plane Coordinate System-West Zone, North America Datum (NAD) 83. Vertical
control shall be referenced to the North America Datum (NAVD) 88 for future reference and to
establish that the engineer of record has caused construction to occur in substantial
compliance with the design of said engineer of record.
9. Any note, item or drawing element on the plats, construction drawings, engineering drawings
and/or design drawings related to the property inconsistent with City Codes, Policies and/or
Ordinances shall not be construed as approved unless specifically addressed and granted by
City Council.
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Rights-of-Way
1. Moss Street is classified as a Collector. The applicant shall dedicate as public right-of-way a
minimum thirty-five (35) foot half width right-of-way (from centerline) along the entire alignment
(per City Standard R-810 C).
2. Lake Ave. is classified as a Minor Arterial. The applicant shall dedicate as public right-of-way a
minimum forty (40) foot half width right-of-way (from centerline) along the entire alignment (per
City Standard R-810 B).
3. Applicant shall dedicate necessary right-of-way on lake Ave. to construct a southbound right
hand turn lane at the intersection of Moss St. (per City Detail R-810G)
4. Applicant shall dedicate necessary right-of-way at the intersection of Lake Ave. and Moss St.
for the future construction of a single lane roundabout per the Caldwell Area Transportation
Plan
5. All interior local streets classified as residential shall be dedicated to the City. The applicant
shall dedicate as public right-of-way a minimum fifty-three (53) foot full width right-of-way (per
City Standard R-810 E).
6. A note shall be placed on the Final Plat indicating that all rights-of-way are to be dedicated to
the public.
Street
1. Full frontage half-street improvements shall be completed to all classified roads adjacent to the
proposed preliminary plat (Lake Avenue and Moss Street) in accordance with all City of
Caldwell standards and specifications. Improvements shall include (but are not limited to) curb,
gutter, sidewalk, asphalt, streetlights, joint trench, spare communication conduit along classified
roadways, storm drainage facilities, etc.
2. Alleys proposed within this development shall be constructed at a minimum width of 24’ with a
twenty (20’) foot asphalt section with two foot (2’) rolled curb and gutter both sides painted red
or dyed red with no parking signs both sides to prohibit parking at any time.
3. All common driveways, internal circulation routes and private streets shall fully comply with City
of Caldwell standards and be approved by the Caldwell Fire Marshall.
2. Applicant shall relocate the existing 25.1 Lateral/Fenton Lateral out side of any proposed or
future right-of-way within or adjacent to this development.
4. Applicant shall construct a southbound right-turn lane on Lake Avenue at Moss St.. This
requirement may be waived, in part or full, by the City Engineer depending on the timing of
right-of-way procurement design and construction of the proposed roundabout.
5. No lot shall have direct access to/from Lake Avenue or Moss St.
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6. All stub streets proposed to the north, south and west within this development shall align with
adjacent roadways that are already approved within the existing preliminary plats of Chestnut
Heights Subdivision, Chestnut Heights South Subdivision and The Charles at Karcher
Subdivision.
Outparcels
1. 16671 Lake Avenue (R3273200000)
a. If the City is able to obtain sufficient right-of-way along the frontage of this out parcel
located in the northeast corner of the development the applicant shall complete the
road widening improvements referenced in the Street section, item 1, across the Lake
Avenue frontage of said out parcel. If the City is not able to acquire the right-of-way,
lesser improvements may still be required that fall within the prescriptive right-of-way on
those out parcels.
2. 16725 Lake Avenue (R3273100000 )
a. If the City is able to obtain sufficient right-of-way along the frontage of this out parcel
located in the northeast corner of the development the applicant shall complete the
road widening improvements referenced in the Street section, item 1, across the Lake
Avenue frontage of said out parcel. If the City is not able to acquire the right-of-way,
lesser improvements may still be required that fall within the prescriptive right-of-way on
those out parcels.
Traffic Mitigation
The following are the required traffic-related mitigation measures for the Emery Sky
Subdivision resulting from the traffic impact study pursuant to City Code Chapter 10, Article
10. A traffic impact study will be required for this development because of the volume of
traffic produced.
1. Provide a cross-access easement allowing use of approaches and cross-access of the site
by both onsite and adjacent development. This requirement shall be noted on the final plat.
2. Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho has computed the average trip length
in Canyon County to be 7.3 mi. Traffic impact mitigation should presumably occur at both
trip ends so ½ of the trip length should be attributed to each end. It is estimated that trips will
encounter a major intersection every half mile along any given path. The capacity of an
average fully improved intersection (assumed to be the intersection of a collector and an
arterial road) is estimated to be 5,080 vehicles/hour.
The estimated traffic resulting from the proposed density in this subdivision based on the
most current Traffic Impact Analysis sets the pm peak hour traffic flow at 253 vehicles for the
entire subdivision.
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Following the City of Caldwell’s mitigation equation ((253 veh/hr*7.3 mile/trip*0.5 trip
ends*2inter/mi) / (5080veh/hr)) the total contribution of this development to traffic mitigation
shall be 36.4% of a fully improved intersection. This percentage represents the total capacity
utilized from each intersection (once fully improved and possibly signalized) encountered by
trips generated over the development’s half of the generated trip length.
a) The owner/developer/applicant shall design and construct roughly 36.4% of the
signalization improvements needed for an average intersection, as defined, at one or
more nearby (within 3.5 miles of the site) deficient locations to be determined by
Engineering staff. The Engineering staff shall have reasonable discretion to determine
the sites of construction and what design and construction equals roughly 36.4% of the
signalization improvements needed for an average intersection. Engineering staff can
provide information about applications with whose mitigation efforts the
owner/developer/applicant can combine to achieve even units of 100%.
i) The owner/developer/applicant may be allowed, at his option, to contribute monies in
lieu of construction to the City of Caldwell Roadway Trust Fund, but the basis for the
obligation is for construction. Monetary contributions must be made at a level
commensurate with costs to construct the same by the City and as estimated by the
City. This alternate provision for payment of money is not a requirement, is for the
benefit and convenience of the owner/developer/applicant only and does not
constitute an Impact Fee.
iii) The average cost of intersection is estimated at $425,000 for procurement of
design services, construction, and associated costs by the City, of which 36.4% of
that cost is what needs to be covered by this subdivision.
Water
1. All on site water mains will need to be looped into existing mains for fire flow and water quality
purposes. Internal main sizing and construction plan approval, will be dependent upon the
availability of fire flow.
2. Each phase of development shall have a redundant/secondary supply of domestic water.
3. Each buildable lot shall be supplied with potable water. If buildings are constructed to include
individual units that could feasibly or will be sold separately, each unit shall be serviced
separately
City of Caldwell Public Works Department has reviewed the recently adopted Caldwell
Water Facility Plan System and determined that certain shortfalls exist in water pressure
zones 3 and 4. While these shortfalls are being remediated, the Engineering Department
will allow the property to proceed with Preliminary Plat and the construction of onsite
infrastructure, but reserves the right to hold any phase of final plat and associated
building permits until adequate water is obtained within the affected zone. The applicant is
encouraged to work closely with the Engineering Department to determine potential
construction timing and impacts.
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4. The location of water service, including sizing of mains, providing of easements, frontage
construction, and offsite construction are to be decided during review of improvement plans.
This development will be required to comply with the Water Master Study.
5. Applicant shall be responsible to construct a 12” water mainline in Moss St. through the entire
frontage of this development.
Sanitary Sewer
1. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant’s engineer to verify that connection to existing sewer
mainlines will not exceed the functional capacity of said mainlines. Provision for connectivity by
future developments shall be met in accordance with current City standards.
2. The location of sewer service, including sizing of mains, providing of easements, frontage
construction, and offsite construction are to be decided during review of improvement plans. This
development will be required to install the trunk lines specified within the most current version of
the Dixie Sewer Study that reside within the limits of this preliminary plat.
3. The Developer will be required (where applicable) to extend all sewer and water mainlines to the
center of adjacent roadways for connectivity by future developments. Locations of said
extensions will be decided during the review of the improvement plans.
4. Each buildable lot shall be provided with individual sewer service. If buildings are constructed to
include individual units that could feasibly or will be sold separately, each unit shall be serviced
separately.
5. Any easements for sewer lines not in the right-of-way should be at a width sufficient to construct
same and not less than 20 feet in width. Easements for adjacent sewer and water lines placed
with twelve (12’) foot separations not in the right-of-way shall be at a width sufficient to construct
the same and shall be no less than 30 feet in width.
6. A 20’ wide all-weather surface may be required to be constructed over mainlines that fall outside
the public right-of-way. All weather surfaces shall be constructed sufficiently to support heavy
equipment necessary to construct and maintain sewer under all seasonal weather conditions.
Irrigation
3. Existing easements and/or right-of-ways for any irrigation facility shall be determined and
clearly indicated on the construction plans and on the final plat (excluding prescriptive
easements). Construction across or re-routing of these facilities is subject to approval by the
Pioneer Irrigation District and at their discretion, their assigns.
4. Applicant shall relocate the existing 25.1 Lateral/Fenton Lateral out side of any proposed or
future right-of-way within or adjacent to this development.
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5. The Developer shall maintain any existing upstream drainage rights and downstream irrigation
rights across the property. During the design phase of this project, the developer or his
engineer is to contact the appropriate irrigation district to help ascertain these rights.
Appropriate facilities shall be provided by the developer to convey irrigation and drainage water
across the property to take care of these offsite needs.
6. There is to be no discharge of gravity/pressure irrigation return water into the subdivision storm
water system.
7. The development is to include a non-potable water pressure irrigation system. The design of
this pressure irrigation system is to be reviewed and approved by the Caldwell Municipal
Irrigation District prior to construction plan approval. It shall be required that the system will be
operated and maintained by the Caldwell Municipal Irrigation District.
8. Applicant shall place the pump station within a platted common lot with a recorded perpetual
easement sufficient for convenient access and maintenance of said pump station. The lot shall
be owned and maintained by the home owners association.
9. Each lot shall be provided with a pressure irrigation service.
10. All pressure irrigation mainlines shall be located in the public right-of-way, and within a public
utility easement of a minimum of 10 feet in width centered over said mainlines as per current
City standards.
11. The applicant shall ensure that an adequate continuous irrigation supply flow is available to
meet the pressure irrigation system requirements of CMID.
12. Applicant shall pipe the pump station delivery ditch from the source point (head gate) to the
pump station. Pump station overflow shall be piped from the pump station to the point of
discharge into an irrigation facility/canal/drain/etc.
13. The applicant shall transfer a proportionate share of any existing water right(s), except those
held in trust by an irrigation district, to the City of Caldwell for both irrigation and domestic water
supply for the subject development. If this should occur, The City shall assist in registering the
transfer.
14. Upon Applicants connection to or use of the existing irrigation pump station, should they
choose to do so and CMID deems it appropriate to connect to, the applicant shall:
a) Supply the City of Caldwell with a water model of the whole pressurized irrigation
system including the piped overflow showing the system design meets all Caldwell
Municipal Irrigation District standards.
b) Applicant shall complete all upgrades to the system as required by CMID. Said
upgrades will be determined during plan review”
15. All plans and construction drawings submitted to the City of Caldwell for review and approval
for any out-of-season irrigation work to be performed within Pioneer Irrigation Facilities shall be
submitted to the Caldwell Engineering Department no later than August 15th. Submittal of plans
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after this date may result in Applicant not receiving plan approval in time to complete out-of-
season work.
Storm Drain
1. As noted previously, provision is to be made for the disposal of stormwater drainage in
accordance with the City Stormwater Management Manual and any updates adopted
subsequent to this application. The engineer of record is to provide calculations, which indicate
that the assumptions in his stormwater drainage plan comply with the requirements of the
stormwater manual. In this case, if a storm water system is existing, the burden of proof is on
the developer to verify the capacity is sufficient for the proposed development.
2. The applicant shall identify and retain all historical drainage discharge points from the property
for the purpose of draining on-site storm water detention facilities.
3. The final plat drawing should indicate that storm water detention basins are to be placed in
common lots in accordance with the referenced Stormwater policy. A note should be placed on
the final plat indicating that all areas designated as common areas are to be operated and
maintained by the home owners association.
4. There is to be no discharge of storm water overflow into any irrigation water return/discharge
facility/ditch/pipe/etc. without prior approval from the governing irrigation district.
Plat
1. Prior to approval of the final plat, subdivision facilities must be completed or an appropriate
construction security provided. There may be temporary restrictions to the obtaining of building
permits, even with acceptable construction security, depending on fire protection, emergency
service requirements, and City approval of the sanitary sewer system. A 20% temporary
restriction to obtaining of building permits will be enforced until all facility construction has been
completed, inspected and certified by the applicants engineer including all punch list items.
2. A note shall be added to the final plat stating that no lot shall have direct access to/from Lake
Avenue or Moss Street.
3. Upon recordation of the plat, the Engineering Department is to be provided with a PDF copy of
the recorded final plat.
4. An electronic (dwg.) copy of the Final Plat suitable for mapping and addressing purposes will
be required with Final Plat application submittal.